Writing tools
out of the way until you want them.
The composer keeps its formatting bar shut until you open it, lets Tab finish a common phrase, and turns an emoji's name into the emoji.
In short
What are writing tools in an email composer?
A composer is a text box with a send button. Writing tools are the helpers around it: formatting within reach, phrases you need not finish, characters you would otherwise hunt for.
14
buttons on the formatting bar
1,933
emoji you can type by name
64
emoticons the body converts
How it works
The bar opens when you ask
The Formatting options button in the tool row opens it: undo and redo, three heading levels, bold, italic, underline, strike, links, images, lists and quotes.
Finish the phrase with Tab
Begin a line with a common phrase, such as a greeting or a sign-off, and the rest appears dimmed after the cursor. Tab writes it in.
Emoji by name, not by picker
Type :tada: in the subject line or the body and it becomes the emoji. Emoticons like :) convert in the body.
What you can type
Names work in both fields. Emoticons work in the body only.
What you get
In the product today
Formatting on demand
Shut until you press its button. The same button closes it.
A list, not a model
Suggestions come from a fixed list of phrases. Nothing is generated.
More than one name
Many emoji answer to several names: :+1: and :thumbsup: give the same thumbs up.
Good practice
Getting the most out of it
- 01
Leave it closed
Most mail reads better plain. Open the bar for the message that needs a list.
- 02
Start on a new line
Completion reads from the start of the line, so a phrase begun mid-sentence gets nothing.
- 03
Space after an emoticon
In the body, :) becomes the emoji when you type the space after it.
Where it stands
Good to know
- Your own phrases
- You cannot add phrases, and the list does not learn how you write.
- Emoticons in the subject
- A typed :) stays a colon and a bracket in the subject line.
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